Franco Varona
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first heard Nov 2025
last heard 1 Apr
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And I would say that the Philippines was
a little shallow on that pre twenty eighteen, but now showing some depth, right?
And now we're actually showing even more depth because even the regional investors are are starting to really
you know, focus on this country and actually like publicly announcing that they're gonna, you know, make investments um in the Philippines, which is very different from before.
So two is like too early.
So we're answering that because we're filling up the ecosystem kind of loop, right?
So entrepreneurs,
investors, corporates, strategic and and those guys are actually now you know tar starting to take a play a an important role in the Philippine startup ecosystem.
They're providing exits, right?
So for example, GoTime acquired um an earn wage access company in the Philippines just last year.
So so they're they're starting to do that.
They're starting to invest themselves.
I mean I think the bet the last piece that that we're missing and I will
argue everybody in Southeast Asia is missing is the exits, right?
Um and and and that's that's that's the key piece that I think we're all waiting for.
In the Philippines, of course, some of it will rely on what the Philippine Stock Exchange can do.
And and the and you know kudos to them.
They are doing as much as they can to make it easier, I guess, for for foreign investors to start coming into this country.
They're making it cheaper, right?
So they're they're they're they're they're easing some
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